Once upon a time, a dude named Juha and his friend Sinbad got stranded on an island and the beautiful location seemed a great place to make an entertainment zone for people to come and enjoy the water rides they had created. Thus, is the condensed legend of Wild Wadi – Dubai’s famous water park!
If it is too hot to do anything outside and the beach is still a bit too warm, what is one to do in Dubai? You can go skiing or if you don’t ski, you can go to Wild Wadi. Since Allan doesn’t ski and we had a whole day of fun ahead, it was time for the slides and rides.
The first ride we did after finding a place to drop our towels was hit the big rides. The first up was a 33 meter high slide called Jumeirah Sceirah. I was a bit nervous as we climbed up the stairs to the top and not knowing where the bottom was sort of freaked me out. However, once I began the descent and came to a very bumpy halt, I determined it wasn’t that bad. Sadly, Allan got a bit of a skinned elbow since he didn’t cross his arms quite enough on the way down.
After six hours at the water park, we headed home and got ready to go to a house-party in Sharjah of one of Allan’s colleagues. She lives in a medium-sized villa, which means large house in my world! Amazing accommodations are provided here….
Anyway, thus the day in the water was ended.
Until next time,
-T
